Ida Hjermitslev is a Ph.D. candidate studying the effects of coalition patterns on voters’ perceptions of party positions and policy space. Her research combines insights from fields such as spatial party competition, coalition formation, issue salience, public opinion, and survey methodology. Aside from her dissertation research, she is currently involved in a collaborative project concerning voters’ cue-taking from political interest groups. Before coming to Duke, Ida graduated from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2014 with a master’s degree in Political Science.